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How to make a supportplan

You are ready to write your support planwhen your local authority has given

you an idea of how much your Personal

Budget is.

This fact sheet tells you how to make a

support plan and what you need to putin it.
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The basic facts

Making a support plan helps you work out whats important to

you and how you can use your budget in the best way.

A support plan shows the local authority: how you will get the things you need and the life you

want

how you will spend your Personal Budget.

They need to know this before they can agree the nal amount

of your Personal Budget.

More information about

support planning

A lot of people have made support plans. So there is plenty

of information and help available. The back page of this fact

sheet has links to examples and help to create a plan.

Your support plan should answer these questions:

What is important to you?

What do you want to change or achieve?

How will you arrange your support?

How will you spend your money?

How will you manage your support?

How will you stay in control of your life?

What will you do to make this plan happen?

You can make a plan by yourself or get someone to help you.


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More detail

There are different ways to make a support plan:

The plan can be as short or as long as you want it.

Its your plan and its personal to you.

You can use words but you dont have to.

You can use pictures and photographs.

Make it yourself or ask someone to make it for you.

Use ideas from your person-centred plan if you have one.

Use a template or a workbook to help you. These can be

found on the In Control website: www.in-control.org.uk

Use a computer to make a presentation.

Video your ideas and thoughts.

Record it on a tape or podcast.

Getting help

You may already know exactly what you want to put in a plan.

Or you may want help.

You can ask:

someone in your family, a friend or neighbour

a circle of support a group of people who are part of

your life and help you to reach your goals

people at work or school

a care manager or social worker

someone who works for a support provider or

community organisation

a paid, professional support broker your local authoritycan help you nd one

advice and information organisations, such as Centres

for Independent Living.
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What needs to be in your support plan

Your local authority needs your plan to answer these

seven questions:

1. What is important to you?

2. What do you want to change or achieve?3. How will you arrange your support?

4. How will you spend your money?

5. How will you manage your support?

6. How will you stay in control of your life?

7. What will you do to make this plan happen?

1. What is important to you?

If someone reads your plan they should be able to get a

good understanding of:

who you are

your interests

your lifestyle

the important people in your life

your likes and dislikes

your hopes for the future.

Start by writing a list of things about yourself, such as:

your age

what you like doing

things you are good at

things you would like to do

how you communicate.


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2. What do you want to change or achieve?

What you want to change about your life, for example:

where you live

what services you have

how you spend your time.

Things you would like to do in the future, for example:

a course

plans to live independently

get a job.

Only put down things that have a real chance of happening

and that will make your life better, not worse. People who help

you will need to agree with what you put. However, dont put

things down just because other people think you should. They

must be things that are important to you.

3. How will you arrange your support?

Put in your plan the help and support you need to make the

changes you want in your life.

There are different ways to organise your support. You

can:

organise it all yourself perhaps with the help of family

and friends

ask the local authority to organise it all for you

ask an organisation to help for example, a Centre for

Independent Living

ask a service provider to organise your support

organise some parts yourself and let others do the rest.

4. How will you spend your budget?

You need to say:

how you want the money to be paid, for example as a

Direct Payment or to an agent

what your support will cost for the year

what money you will need for the following two years.


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You can manage the money yourself or have someone

else manage it:

someone you trust a family member or friend

a Trust (a legal group set up to act for you)

someone you pay a broker, an independent social

worker or an advocate a service provider who manages the budget for you and

provides support using an Individual Service Fund

a care manager or social worker.

Often local authorities like the budget to be paid into a

separate bank account.

You need to say what youll spend the money on. Somepeople use their money for:

Personal Assistants people who work just for you

(although you dont need to employ them yourself)

expenses, equipment or transport

housing, adaptations or supported living services

sharing costs with people who have the same needs or

interests

supported employment or setting up a business

therapists and specialists like speech therapists or

counsellors

social services such as: respite services, day centres, adult

placement services, home helps.

Using local people and resources can be cheaper than just

buying services off the peg from a provider.

The support in your plan must not cost more than the agreedBudget. Your plan must not include anything illegal!


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5. How will you manage your support?

Your plan must be clear about how you will organise and pay

for support. You can do it all yourself or get help.

If you are going to employ people you need to do everything

legally.

Your plan must show:

how you will pay salaries. For example, are you going to

use an accountant?

who is responsible for what

that you will comply with employment law and with the

race and sex discrimination laws

what agreement you have with any support provideryou will use.

6. How will you stay in control of your life?

Your plan must say what decisions you will make and what

decisions other people will make.

If your plan relies on other people making decisions, it must

say how they will help you make as many decisions as you can

and how they will know whether you agree.

If someone else will manage your money for you, how will you

review your support with them?

Nathan has used video to create his support plan:

www.in-control.org.uk/nathanssupportplan
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Decision-making agreement

If other people are making decisions on your behalf, your local

authority may want you to have a decision-making agreement.

In a decision-making agreement you put down:

important decisions that you or other people need to

make about your life

which decisions you will make and which you need help

with

who will make the nal decisions.

You and the person helping you must sign and date the

agreement. If you cant sign, you can ask someone to be a

witness or make a mark that people will know is yours.

You may need someone to agree this for you. This person is

called your lead representative or agent. They will say if the

agreement is ok and take on the legal responsibility of the

contract for your Self-Directed Support.

An agent can be:

a member of your family or a friend

someone you trust someone who always wants the

best for you

someone who will not be moving on in the near future

a paid professional such as an independent support

broker.

For some people making big decisions like, choosing where you

live, may be difcult to make. The Mental Capacity Act is there

to help with this. Deputyship and Lasting Power of Attorney

may be something that people acting on your behalf may need

to consider.

For more information about the Mental Capacity Act, see the

Ofce of the Public Guardian website:

www.publicguardian.gov.uk
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7. What are you going to do to make this plan

happen?

A clear action plan will help you make sure your plan happens.

An action plan should say:

who is responsible for each action

when each action will be done

how these actions will help you make the changes you

want

how you will keep a check on what has been done

how you will deal with any problems.


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An example

A poem may not be what you expect to nd in a support

plan. After all, support plans are supposed to be practical.

But Gavin Crofts plan includes this poem. It really shows

who Gavin is and its followed by lots of practical planning.

Gavin has made his plan using the computer programme,

Powerpoint. You can see it at:

www.sds4me.org.uk/Support%20Plans.htm

Who do you see people? Who do you see?

Do you see the same person as in 2003?

I sit in this chair now, stand tall at 63

I am the same person as in 2003My vision is blurred now, my legs they are weak

My swallow where are you?

Its difcult to speak

My food through a peg now

Each day of the week

I think it might be curry I say tongue in cheek

Tongue in cheek, if only my tongue movedhow sleek

Lets just get on says Karen my wife

Youre still just the same, weve still got a life

Rose tinted glasses, they say love is blind

Cataracts and madness, they both spring to mind

Myelin sheath, nerve endings, muscles collapsing

My body my life it needs some adapting

Care manger, dietician, physiotherapist, OT

All part of my life now but yes Im still me

Assessment, re-assessment, review and respite

Respite from what? This is my life

Im not a condition, a problem or issue

Just a person with rights so sit up and listen

The right to live and laugh and cry

The right to eat and choke and die

Some of these rights have got lost on my way

But its my right to live

And I shall do so each day

Who do you see people? Who do you see?Just the same Gavin Croft as 2003?
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There is a lot of informationabout Self-Directed Supporton In Controls website:

www.in-control.org.uk

Here is a selection of things that tell you more:

Free to download from: www.supportplanning.org

What makes a good plan?

Making Your Support Plan

Free to download from: www.supportplanning.org

Support Planning and Review

Free to download or you can buy a copy from:

In Control Support Centre, Carillon House, Chapel Lane,

Wythall, B476JX or www.in-control.org.uk/shop

Top Tips and In the Driving Seat Helen Sanderson,

Suzanne McStravick and Carl Poll

Printed publications for sale at:

In Control Support Centre, Carillon House, Chapel Lane,

Wythall, B476JX or www.in-control.org.uk/shop

The Essential Family Guide: how to help your family

member be in control Caroline Tomlinson

Keys to Citizenship: a guide to getting good support forpeople with learning disabilities Simon Duffy

Useful website: www.supportplanning.org

About the in Control and me project

A three-year project to produce accessible information for everyone who wants

to direct their own support.

The project has worked with individuals and families to decide what

information should be produced. This information will reach over 11,000 people

a year through the national learning disability helpline. The In Control website

will also have an online advice area.

More information: Lisa Dunne: 07984111315.
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